Product Design Engineer

Introduction

Are you a curious and creatively minded product design engineer looking for exciting and fulfilling experiences?  Do you have creative flare and a passion for design for manufacture and assembly? Would you like to contribute to a wide selection of products for clients in the Industrial, Consumer, Energy and Defence industries?

We are looking for an early stage/entry level product design engineer to join our amazing team in 2022. You may have just finished a relevant degree course or apprenticeship, or you might have a few years of experience and want to move more into product design engineering.

To learn more about what life is like at Cambridge Consultants, please click here: https://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/careers/life-at-cc-cambridge

Role description

The DfX group is responsible for dynamic hardware development of products, in both high and low volume markets following the guiding principles of Design for “X” (DfX) with particular emphasis on design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA). The group operates from product conception and design all the way through to manufacture and product launch,  often bridging the gap between novel technology and high volume manufacture. Our work spans a range of industry sectors, such as consumer electronic products, energy sensors and metering, sustainability and agricultural systems.

The DfX group is home to some of the most talented and passionate design engineers in the UK, who bring together their collective knowledge and skills to deliver elegant technical solutions. Members of the group come from a range of different backgrounds and areall creative and passionate 3D thinkers, who love to tinker and craft. Our projects often involve the development of novel manufacturing techniques and complex supply chain management.

Some examples of some of our more recent exciting and challenging projects we have worked on include:

UK G’ment: An emergency ventilator for COVID-19 patients, approved by the MHRA and with supply chain secured:

https://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/case-studies/uk-government-ventilator-challenge

Accesso Technology Group: Award-winning smart wearable for theme park guests:

https://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/press-releases/award-winning-wearable-transforms-theme-park-experience

Vinfusion:  An app lead personalised wine blending and dispensing device with a touch of theatre: https://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/projects/vinfusion-art-and-science-wine?source=3763

Specific responsibilities

This is an excellent opportunity for a product design engineer, in the early stages of their career, with the ambition and ability to achieve excellent results within highly demanding industries under tough commercial and time constraints. You will be using your design engineering skills and experience to contribute to product development projects with support and guidance from senior product engineers; from initial idea generation through to the delivery and manufacturing support for market ready products. This may include:

• Liaising directly with clients to understanding their needs and present designs
• Taking part in concept generation and problem-solving workshops
• Preparation of detailed designs in CAD, from system to component level, using design for “X” (DfX) e.g. manufacture, cost, assembly etc best practices
• Contributing to the development of manufacturing solutions
• Manufacturing of parts and assemblies, hands-on or by liaising with suppliers
• Testing of designs to ensure they meet the client’s and end customers’ needs

Requirements

A successful product design engineer in the Mechanics and Design Department will have a strong ability to:

• Communicate with peers and clients to understand their problems and present solutions
• Design elegant solutions to client’s problems, using DfX best practices
• Propose high performance manufacturing solutions
• Obtain and analyse empirical test data to gain insights into design or process performance

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Why Cambridge Consultants?

Cambridge Consultants creates exciting and novel breakthroughs in technology and products. We help our clients achieve the kind of game-changing leap forward that will transform their whole business.

At the heart of what we do are talented and motivated multi-disciplinary teams empowered to create cutting edge technologies and systems to solve difficult problems for our clients.

We recognise and celebrate individual talent and we understand the importance of letting individuals be just that. Our people are here to do the best work of their lives and our job is to provide the platform for them to do it. That means letting people pursue the projects that interest them and develop their career in whatever direction they choose.

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What to expect when applying

Benefits 

• Competitive salary reviewed anually 
• Company profit share 
• Generous pension 
• Hybrid working model 
• Flexible working hours and location 
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays, with flexibility to carry over / borrow 
• Comprehensive insurance - Life, disability, private healthcare and travel insurance (business & leisure)
• Enhanced family leave benefit of 13 weeks full-pay parental leave for those that meet qualifying criteria
• Career development and training opportunities
• Social committee
• Discounted train season tickets, through Travel Plan Plus
• If travelling to Cambridge by train; Free shuttle service to/from Cambridge North train station, through Cambridge Science Park
• Whilst in the office; Free canteen - breakfast, lunch & refreshments 
• A comprehensive relocation package is available, if applicable 

Future prospects 

Cambridge Consultants is committed to developing its employees' careers and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. Promotion is linked to merit.